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Significance • “Father of American fiction” (he wanted American literature to be an independent art free from the Puritan constraints of utility (serving moral or religious purposes) and factuality (telling ‘truths’). • The first American writer of fiction to gain international fame • The short story as a genre in American literature began with Irving’s The Sketch Book • The Sketch Book also marked the beginning of American Romanticism
Biographical details • Irving was born in New York into a merchant family of Scottish-English origin. His parents greatly admired General George Washington (hence his name) • From a very early age, he showed literary talent. Later, he studied law, but practiced only briefly. • His first book A History of New York, written under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, was a great success and won him wide popularity. • In 1815, he went to England to take care of his family business, and when it failed, he had to write to support himself.
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